FBI agents investigating Clinton Foundation for pay-to-play: reports

Federal investigators have spent months working on a reopened probe into allegations that the Clinton Foundation promised political favors for donations, according to reports Friday.

FBI agents are looking at whether donors were improperly assured access to Hillary Clinton while she was serving as secretary of state and other corrupt practices, The Hill first reported.

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The Feds shut down an initial dive into the nonprofit and Clinton, who ran the State Department from 2009 through 2013, two years ago.

The renewed investigation is being run out of the FBI's field office in Little Rock, Ark., where the foundation has offices.

A witness recently interviewed by the FBI told The Hill that the meeting "was extremely professional and unquestionably thorough" and centered on whether Clinton Foundation donors received special treatment from the Obama administration.

The investigation, which is separate from a probe into Clinton's use of a private email server while working for the Obama administration, may also examine whether any tax-exempt money was used for personal or political use.

But insiders at the Justice Department and FBI doubt that the dive will result in any charges, according to the Washington Post.

Republicans, including President Trump, have long pushed the Justice Department to reexamine the charity.

Trump has repeatedly petitioned the Justice Department to examine the Clintons for a variety of issues, chastised the media for what he calls a lack of coverage of their alleged corruption and led chants of "Lock her up!" at rallies.

"When will we see stories from CNN on Clinton Foundation corruption and Hillary's pay-for-play at State Department?" Trump wrote in August 2016.

The Clinton Foundation is reportedly under investigation from the FBI. Above, Hillary and Bill Clinton in 2014. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Last October, he tweeted that "Russia sent millions to Clinton Foundation."

No details were immediately available about what sort of alleged "pay-to-play" actions are under the microscope.

"Time after time, the Clinton Foundation has been subjected to politically motivated allegations, and time after time these allegations have been proven false," he wrote. "None of this has made us waver in our mission to help people."

On Thursday, Daily Beast reported that Justice Department investigators are also reexamining Clinton's use of a private email server.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reportedly told his officials to look into the possibility of a special counsel for issues surrounding the Clintons, including their foundation and the sale of U.S. uranium assets to Russia, which was approved by the entire Obama administration.

Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told Fox News the investigation is a "sham" that Trump is orchestrating to distract from his own troubles.

"This is a philanthropy that does life-changing work, which Republicans have tried to turn into a political football," he said. "The goal is to distract from the indictments, guilty pleas, and accusations of treason from Trump's own people at the expense of our justice system's integrity. It's disgraceful, and should be concerning to all Americans."

Trump's campaign is under investigation for potential collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.